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Smith emceeing the Association for Women in Sports Media banquet featuring three commissioners.

‘There were glass ceilings everywhere’

Mia Messina ’25, Sports Editor April 9, 2025

Before she was the first woman journalist to cover a Major League Baseball beat, Claire Smith was a Penn State college student unsure of what she wanted to do.  During the nearly three years she was...

New head coach and former St. Joe’s goalkeeper Tim Mulqueen ’88 returns to coach at his alma mater.

St. Joe’s alum returns to coach men’s soccer

Tess Margis ’26, Features Reporter April 9, 2025

St. Joe’s men’s soccer named Tim Mulqueen ’88 the new head coach in December 2024 after finishing their season 4-12-1. Mulqueen, who was a goalkeeper during his time as a Hawk, has more than three...

Fifth-year Richie LaCalandra is currently the leading scorer for the team with 38 points through 10 games.

Men’s lacrosse excels with transfer’s ‘tremendous vision’

Mia Messina ’25, Sports Editor April 9, 2025

Before the start of this season, fifth-year attack Richie LaCalandra hadn’t played a full season of college lacrosse since 2022. Now, he’s the second leading scorer for St. Joe’s with 38 points through...

Crystal Dang ’25 on a hiking trail in Wissahickon Valley Park.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CRYSTAL DANG ’25

Navigating nature

Crystal Dang ’25, Special to the Hawk April 9, 2025

Hiking is supposed to be relaxing, peaceful, even rewarding. That’s what I kept reminding myself on my first-ever hike, lost somewhere in Wissahickon Valley Park on a warm Thursday morning in mid-March. When...

GRAPHIC: STEPHANIE SAVELA ’25/THE HAWK

The new era of St. Joe’s women’s basketball

Evan Theoharis ’27, Special to the Hawk April 9, 2025

The 2024-25 season marked the end of an era for the St. Joe’s women’s basketball team, and a successful one at that. The Hawks finished with a 24-10 record, placed second in the Atlantic 10 Tournament...

Women’s lacrosse started their season 1-6 before going on a four-game winning streak to start Atlantic-10 Conference play.
PHOTO COURTSEY OF SJU ATHELTICS

Women’s lacrosse players ‘flip the switch’ on season’s rocky start

Tess Margis ’26, Features Reporter April 2, 2025

After starting the season 1-6, St. Joe’s women’s lacrosse pieced together a four-game win streak to start Atlantic 10 Conference play before falling to University of Massachusetts 14-11 March 26. A...

GRAPHIC: CARA HALLIGAN’25/THE HAWK

Men’s lacrosse replaced production

James Kemp ’27, Special to the Hawk April 2, 2025

The men’s lacrosse 2024 season was among the most successful in program history. The team won their third conference championship — their first as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference — and took...

Kascianna Corona ’25, Christina DiMaggio ’25 and Mia Messina ’25 practice the jive in their living room while watching a YouTube tutorial.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF MIA MESSINA ’25/THE HAWK

Giving ballroom dancing a twirl

Mia Messina ’25, Sports Editor April 2, 2025

I have two main goals in life: cover the Olympics as a reporter and win the Mirrorball Trophy on “Dancing with the Stars.”  As someone who danced for 13 years across many styles of ballet, tap,...

Gavin Campbell ’24 returned to the St. Joe’s track team as a gradutate assistant coach.

Track alum felt ‘duty’ to return as graduate assistant

Mia Messina ’25, Sports Editor April 2, 2025

Before his senior year started, middle-distance runner Gavin Campbell ’24 signed a contract for an actuarial science job after he graduated. But as his time at St. Joe’s dwindled and graduation day...

‘We’re made from our history’

Mia Messina ’25, Sports Editor March 26, 2025

Kathy Garvin ’75 recalled a sign on a St. Joe’s campus bathroom with the letters “WO” taped in front of the word “men.” Garvin, who enrolled at St. Joe’s in 1971, one year after the university...

GRAPHIC: STEPHANIE SAVELA ’25/THE HAWK

Sports gambling is getting a little out of hand

Preston Thomas ’28, Columnist March 26, 2025

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve been around and seen more people participating in sports gambling and betting. While I don’t think betting is an inherently bad thing, I see how incredibly damaging and...

Junior pitcher Colton Book’s is currently one of the most dominant pitchers in the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Next chapter in the Book

Mia Messina ’25, Sports Editor March 26, 2025

The St. Joe’s baseball coaching staff wanted redshirt junior pitcher Colton Book to be a Hawk out of high school in 2021. It just took him a few years to get there.  “It was great to get him, great...

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